December 13, 2021: The recommendations of The Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) provide the government of The Gambia with the opportunity to bring a measure of justice to the survivors of Jammeh’s “AIDS cure.” AIDS-Free World hopes that President Barrow’s verbal commitments translate into genuine action on behalf of all Jammeh’s victims.
Read MoreThe IAS Conference on HIV Science, which concludes tomorrow, bills itself as "the largest open scientific conference on HIV and AIDS." But IAS requires sizable fees from anyone who wishes to view its livestream. Why have an AIDS conference if its live sessions are the exclusive province of a select few?
Read MoreDecember 1, 2020: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has issued a scathing report in support of an AIDS-Free World petition arguing that the discriminatory sections of the Offences Against the Person Act violate the rights of LGBTI Jamaicans.
Read MoreIn a new statement, AIDS-Free World urges the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) to provide more than reassurance to people living with and affected by HIV and TB during the COVID-19 crisis. UNAIDS must offer uncompromising leadership, correct information as it develops, tangible action, and clear communication.
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Read MoreDecember 17, 2019: The government of Equatorial Guinea has refused to serve legal papers on former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh, who has been living in exile in Equatorial Guinea since January 2017, AIDS-Free World announced. (UN Photo / Cia Pak)
November 15, 2019: AIDS-Free World’s Sarah Bosha delivered compelling testimony before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, highlighting the role of Jamaica’s anti-sodomy law in fueling the HIV epidemic. (UN Photo / Loey Felipe)
Read MoreSeptember 19, 2019: In letters released by AIDS-Free World, three survivors of former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh’s fake HIV/AIDS treatment programme ask authorities to revoke the licenses of two medical doctors who directed the programme. (UN Photo/Michelle Poiré)
Read MoreJune 12, 2019: In newly published research in the Health and Human Rights Journal, AIDS-Free World’s Sarah Bosha and researchers from the Eck Institute and the University of the Gambia assess the impact of former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh’s fraudulent HIV cure. (UN Photo / Amanda Voisard)
Read MoreSeptember 25, 2018: In an Op-ed in the Toronto Star on the eve of the UN’s first High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis, AIDS-Free World’s Stephen Lewis and Georgia White appeal for safer drugs to battle multi-drug-resistant TB. (Photo: ©AIDS-Free World)
Read MoreMay 31, 2018: Three survivors of Yahya Jammeh’s fraudulent and destructive HIV and AIDS “treatment programme” have filed a legal action in the High Court of The Gambia, suing the former Gambian president, seeking financial damages for harm suffered and a declaration from the High Court that their human rights were violated. (UN Photo / Joshua Kristal)
Read MoreDecember 2017: AIDS-Free World shares an update on our activities at the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, this year. (Photo: ©AIDS-Free World)
Read MoreAugust 4, 2017: AIDS-Free World's Georgia White examines the steep uphill battle ahead in the fight against HIV and AIDS. (Photo: shutterstock.com)
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